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High carb, low carb, or moderate carb?

The good folks at the Glycemic Index Newsletter have been engaged in some argument with low-carb proponents about whether low-carb diets are good for you. The GI people say “Slow carb not low carb”, but a fellow named James Krieger, … Continue reading

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I'll still be dancing

I love the dancing I’ve been doing every morning as exercise. Really love it. Just pop the earphones to my iPod onto my ears, start up one of the half-hour dance playlists I’ve set up, & dance. Fast enough to … Continue reading

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The Healthy Hobbit plan

To me, the argument between high carb (60-65% of the day’s calories) & very low carb (<25%) diets is an exercise in futility. A lot of us might do better eating in between those extremes — even if those extremes … Continue reading

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State of my art

I first started learning about nutrition maybe twenty years ago when I first started doing much cooking for myself, from Laurel’s Kitchen & Diet for a Small Planet. I’m not & never have been a vegetarian, but I like a … Continue reading

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More on low-carb

Over the past few days as I’ve read & researched more, & also engaged in discussion on a couple of email lists, it’s become quite clear to me that there’s a vast difference between the health results in various low-carb … Continue reading

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Low-carb?

I’m on low GI but not low carb. My sister got pretty sick from the Atkins diet & is only now recovering from it with the help of a nutritionally conscious acupuncturist. I was made to go on the Atkins … Continue reading

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